Issue - decisions

That the Executive Board:

 2.1 Agree to the distribution of the Household Support Fund Round 5 as set out in the report, and in BwD’s delivery plan (submitted to DWP in May 2024 as required).

2.2 Give delegated authority to the Strategic Director Finance and Resources and the Strategic Director of Adults and Health, in consultation with the Executive Member for Public Health, Prevention and Wellbeing, to amend the distribution of the grant should that be considered necessary given guidance from Government and local circumstances (after having engaged with DWP regarding the Council’s revisiting of its Delivery Plan during the Fund Period, as required by national guidance).